Galesburg Reporter

West Central Community Unit School District #235 Board of Education met Feb. 19.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call

3. Pledge of Allegiance

4. Good News Items

 WCE hosted our Pastries with Parents program entitled "Winter Wonders" and 90 families were in attendance!

 WCE participated in the World Read Aloud Day (WRAD) on February 5th. We had several guest readers in the classroom and we were honored to have Anne Grall Reichel, author of The United Forest of Kind, visit our building. She gave away several signed copies of her book!

 3rd grade students participated in the annual Ag Day, which is sponsored by the Henderson/Warren County Farm Bureau. What a fantastic partnership!

 West Central C.U.S.D. #235 received a $500 donation from the United Methodist Church to be applied toward unpaid lunch accounts.

5. Approve Agenda Items (Additions/Deletions)

6. Comments from the Public

7. Consent Agenda

A. Minutes

1. Regular Meeting, January 15, 2020 (Enclosure)

2. Closed Session, January 15, 2020 (Enclosure)

B. Financial Activity

1. Consider Payment of Bills (Enclosure)

2. Consider Approval of Activity Accounts (Enclosure)

3. Consider Approval of Treasurer’s Report (Enclosure)

4. Review of District Financial Report

8. Discussion Items

A. 2020-2021 School District Calendar (Enclosure)

B. Board Members as Mandated Reporters (Document Requiring Board Member Signature at the Table)

C. WCMS Softball

D. Deeding of Small Parcel of School Property to Village of Stronghurst

9. Reports

A. Principal’s Report (Enclosures)

1. West Central Elementary

2. West Central Middle School

3. West Central High School

B. Technology Report – Mrs. Frakes (Enclosure)

C. Special Education Report – Mrs. Ayer (Enclosure)

D. Athletic Director’s Report – Mr. Tucker (Enclosure)

10. Action Items

A. Consider Approval of Lease for Driver Education Vehicle (Enclosure)

B. Consider Approval of Request of WCHS Students to Graduate Early (Enclosures)

C. Consider Approval of Request of WCHS Student to Attend School Half Days in the 2020-2021 school year. (Enclosure)

D. Consider Approval of Resolution to Authorize the Sale of Mobile Classrooms on the South Campus (Enclosure)

E. Consider Approval of Job Descriptions for Maintenance Director, Head Custodian, Custodian, Transportation Director/Grounds Keeper, and Bus Driver (Enclosures)

11. Future Agenda Items

12. Closed Session – A Closed Session will be held pursuant to the Illinois Open Meetings Act to discuss the following subjects:

A. The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity.

B. Student discipline.

C. The placement of individual students in special education programs and other matters relating to individual students.

D. Superintendent Evaluation

13. Action Items

A. Retirements/Leaves/Resignation

Retirement:

1. Tamyra Rankin, Science Teacher (Enclosure)

Resignation:

2. Gayla Todd, District Associate (Enclosure)

B. Transfers

C. Employment

1. Emily Schaley, WCHS Secretary (Enclosure)

2. Amanda Foley, District Associate (Enclosure)

3. , Part-time Title I Associate

D. Extracurricular

Employment:

Resignation:

14. Future Meeting Dates and Time

Wednesday, March 18, 2020 – Elementary Cafeteria, 6:00 p.m.

15. Adjournment

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